Magical, Mortifying, Motherhood.

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Motherhood is full of magical, heart-warming moments that take your breath away and make you wonder how you ever lived your life before your children came into it.

It’s also filled with moments that make you want to melt into the floor, run away, or just spontaneously combust from embarrassment and want to sell them to the lowest paying customer.

That’s the shit no one ever tells you about. EVER. For instance:

No one ever told me that one day, I would be elbow-deep in baby diarrhea and bathing her in the sink. At Olive Garden. In the middle of the day.

No one ever told me that I’d be holding my toddler in line at the grocery store and that she would suddenly grab hold of my shirt, pull it down and yell, “HI BOOBS!”

No one ever told me that while on a solo trip to the aquarium with my child, I’d have to go to the bathroom. So I’d take her in the stall with me. No one ever told me that while sitting on the toilet, my child would look down and see my sanitary pad and ask loudly, “MAMA HAVE DIAPER?!”

No one ever told me that I would lift her up and sniff her ass in public, just to see if she had pooped. My child turned me into a public ass-sniffer.

No one ever told me that I would be on the phone with a complete stranger at my pediatrician’s office explaining my daughter’s bowel movements/vaginal odors/scent of her diaper and asking if it was normal.

What are some of your most embarrassing/humbling moments of parenthood?

We had a play date at our house a while back and Liam was showing everyone his nipples, which is actually pretty cute. He then turned around, grabbed another mom’s chest (who happened to be really new to the group- welcome!) and said, “And these are her nipples!!!!” Awesome.

He has also announced in more public places than I can count to more people than I can remember that he is, in fact, pooping in his diaper. Right next to them. At that exact moment. In case they were wondering what that smell was.

He has also stared pointedly at my crotch (while I was clothed) then went to go ask his FATHER where my vagina was because he could not see it. “Where’s the ‘gina, Papa!?! Where is it?! WHERE DID IT GO?!?!”Michelle recently posted..Summer Adventuring:: A Country Weekend